obstinance

Noun obstinance has 2 senses

• obstinance(n = noun.attribute) mulishness, obstinacy, stubbornness - the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome;
is a kind of intractability, intractableness

• obstinance(n = noun.attribute) bullheadedness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness - resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires;
is a kind of firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve
has particulars: impenitence, impenitency, intransigence, intransigency
Derived form verb obstinate₁